Beyond Tiki, Bilge, and Test / Beyond Tiki / Half Life 2 anticipation
Post #126282 by Tiki-bot on Thu, Nov 18, 2004 3:53 PM
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I knew this Steam auth thing was going to bite them in the ass. Seen a ton of complaints about it already. You REALLY need to get DSL and ditch the dial-up, if only for your sanity. :wink: This is one reason why developing PC games was such a pain in the ass. Sure, all that processor power is great and the graphics can look amazing, but the varied resolutions, non-standardization of hardware and copy protection issues made things really difficult. Consoles all the way, baby! You never have to worry if a console game will load, and most have backward compatibility and will play earlier versions of its games. I never even touch pc games anymore and most game development in for consoles. As great as HL2 looks, there's little innovation in the actual gameplay. An FPS is an FPS. It's fun if you're into LAN play (which you can't do via dial-up), but beyond that...ehh. It doesn't matter how good a game looks if you're bored by its gameplay. For speakers, look at these. I didn't look closely at the specs, but you want to get something with separate volume and/or mixer controls for the subwoofer. It's also very useful to have a headphone jack on one of the small satellite speakers. It's a hassle to get at the headphone jack on the back of my machine on the floor. Low end speakers: Mid: High: |